As I mentioned in my review for Cowboy Christmas Blues, I don’t often have the funds to pay for books. But after the frustration of being on waiting lists, sometimes for months, to read the next Maisey Yates book one too many times, I finally decided it was time to start finding the extra money to purchase her books. Especially with this new series and the fact that I’m finally caught up in the Copper Ridge series.
Man am I glad I didn’t wait on this one! I am in love with Luke. Like over the moon in love with that cowboy. I already knew Olivia and Bennett from a couple of the stories in the Copper Ridge series (don’t worry, you don’t need to read them to thoroughly enjoy and understand this one), and by the end of this story Luke even make me like Bennett. It’s hard to explain, so I won’t. But I was not previously a fan of Bennett’s, nor was I a fan of his through most of this book. Luke seems to have a way about him that brings out the best in those around him. He doesn’t realize he does that, and I don’t think most people realize he does it either. Yet that is the way I see things.
To be honest, in the Copper Ridge books Olivia is not a favorite of mine either. I didn’t exactly dislike her, but she did tend to annoy me. I knew there was some sort of story behind some of her actions though. This story really helped me to understand Olivia and even sympathize with her. The author did such a great job of telling Olivia’s story that I went from being annoyed with her parents to hating her parents to understanding her parents.
The thing about this story that I loved the most was the way Luke and Olivia came to realize their feelings. In many ways it seemed like insta-love, but they each quickly realized that all the years they’ve known each other there was something between them. I don’t think I’m giving anything away by saying that and I really want you to pay attention to those scenes when the characters have their awakenings. It’s different than almost any story I’ve read in that neither was going around feeling as if they had an unrequited love for the other…yet they both did. Very interesting and unique. I loved it!
Although I have a couple of months to wait for the next Maisey Yates book (which will actually a Copper Ridge Desires book), there will be three book in three months to look forward to. Woot!!!
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Excited for Gold Valley!!
'There was only one word that echoed inside of her. A word that didn’t make any sense, but one that shouted loudly nonetheless.Finally.'It’s great to be back on the Oregon coast with Maisey Yates and her signature swoony cowboys—even if we have moved a town over, to Gold Valley.Actually, that makes it sound like the move wasn’t wanted or warranted, but it was. After a long-running-but-excellent series set in Copper Ridge, it’s actually kind of wonderful to be somewhere somewhat familiar, but also new. It made a great foundation, not just for this story, but for the new Gold Valley series, and I couldn’t have been happier to see fresh faces, especially when they mixed with familiar ones.Smooth-Talking Cowboy was a little bit of a slow starter for me, but within a few chapters, it started moving and I started getting very, very invested in Luke and Olivia. And falling very deeply in book boyfriend love with Luke.He is one smooth, sexy cowboy—charming but hiding a past that left him bruised. I did enjoy the way he developed and recognized the changes Olivia wrought in him, and some of his more caveman reactions made my heart get all fluttery. I’m so easy when it comes to a Smooth-Talking Cowboy . . .All in all, this one left me happy—to be back in Oregon, to have seen Olivia find her HEA after a couple of memorable appearances in previous books, and to know that Smooth-Talking Cowboy is just the beginning.'He kissed her. Kissed her like it was going to save them both, even though odds were it would only ruin them. Kissed her because he wanted to. And she wanted him.Olivia Logan. She was going to be his. His finally.'~ 4.5 STARS ~
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LJ Nelson
5 stars - Luke could dirty my halo any time... *winks*
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 11, 2019
